From India we flew traveled 80 hours straight, on planes trains and automobiles, to the little village of Ayengue on the Pacific Coast of Ecuador. We explored the many beaches and delighted in being by the ocean again. I found the people of Ecuador to be consistently some of the friendliest I've ever met. Ecuador has a really relaxed, happy energy... we spent about a week decompressing and recovering from some massive jetlag before heading into the Andes mountains.